Case studies · Design-partner outcomes
Concrete results from operators running on Wavestar.
- Published case studies
- 4
- Design-partner cohort
- 5 × 5 × 5
- Metrics source
- Transparency log
- Attribution
- Consented, named, or anonymised
Library
Case studies by domain
Downlink
A LEO operator pools downlink minutes across five ground stations
200-spacecraft LEO constellation consolidated bilateral contracts with five ground-station providers into a single cleared relationship. Reduced contract-management overhead by 68% and cut unused-minute waste from 11% to 1.4%.
Design partner · 2026-Q1
ISAM
An ISAM vendor sells propellant delivery as a forward contract
First cleared propellant-delivery forward on ORCH. Customer locked in 180kg of hydrazine-equivalent delivery at a GEO servicing altitude at a 14-month horizon. Performance bond model validated against Attest delivery-completion signal.
Design partner · 2026-Q1
Attest
A ground-station network becomes an Attest observer
Top-five commercial ground-station network joined the Attest quorum. 14 independently-operated antennae co-sign downlink-completion facts. Materially reduced dispute rate on downlink settlements — from 0.42% to below 0.03%.
Design partner · 2026-Q2
Regulatory
A national regulator uses the transparency log as a supervisory input
Mid-sized national spectrum regulator adopted the Wavestar transparency log for daily oversight of the spectrum-rights market in their jurisdiction. Replaced a weekly CSV export with a near-real-time Merkle-proof-verified feed.
Design partner · 2026-Q2
Common outcomes
Patterns across the cohort
- 01
Contract-management overhead down 68%
A single clearing-member contract with a single rulebook replaces N × M bilateral contracts. Operators reclaim the people-hours that previously went into redlines, reconciliations, and dispute work. - 02
Unused-minute waste from 11% to 1.4%
Secondary-market downlink clearing lets operators sell surplus capacity when their science schedule has gaps — and buy on-demand capacity when schedules surge. Waste compresses. - 03
Dispute rate below 3 basis points
Attest-signed delivery facts replace bilateral dispute processes. When a fact is signed by 12 independent observers, the downstream dispute rate drops by roughly an order of magnitude. - 04
Regulator onboarding in under four weeks
A regulator can stand up a read-only supervisory channel against the Wavestar transparency log inside four weeks. No bespoke reporting pipeline, no custom formats — the log is the record.
From the cohort
Quoted with permission
We were spending more time reconciling ground-station invoices than we were spending on science operations. Moving to a single cleared relationship on Wavestar compressed our contract administration from four people to one — and gave us a single invoice we can audit in minutes.
Design-partner cohort
Five operators. Five regulators. Five ground stations.
Zero-fee clearance through the first $10M notional. Permanent seat on the rulebook working group. First-look at every new market class. We limit the design-partner cohort by design — the goal is deep collaboration, not a logo wall.